In re the Claim of Curran

Sweeney, J. (dissenting).

We are unable to agree with the majority and, therefore, dissent and vote to reverse. The record clearly establishes that claimant had a firm job offer to commence on July 5, 1974. She had provided a definite date for her departure pursuant to union and company rule. The board’s determination to deny her benefits because she terminated her work on June 26 instead of July 3 is unrealistic and arbitrary. We are unable to conclude that claimant’s leaving a week before the new job started warranted a determination that such circumstance constituted leaving her employment…